Shailkupa Upazila

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Shailkupa
locator_position = right
latd = 23.6917
longd = 89.2500
division_name = Khulna Division
district = Jhenaidah District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 293341
population_density = 786
area_total = 373.42
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/jhenaidaha/Shailkupa.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of Shailkupa
footnotes =

Shailkupa ( _bn. শৈলকুপা) is an Upazila of Jhenaidah District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.

Geography

Shailkupa is located at coord|23.6917|N|89.2500|E| . It has 51595 units of house hold and total area 373.42 km².

Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh censusGR|Bangladeh, Shailkupa has a population of 293341. Males constitute are 51.43% of the population, and females 48.57%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 151516. Shailkupa has an average literacy rate of 26.3% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. cite web | accessdate = November 10 | accessyear = 2006 | url = http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-27 | title = Population Census Wing, BBS.]

Administrative

Shailkupa has 17 Unions/Wards, 211 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 258 villages.

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh

References